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History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)

CHAPTER III
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They secured the Constable and his followers, struck off their heads, and fixed them at the four corners of the borough.
[Sidenote: The Younger Simon] The popular reaction gave fresh heart to the younger Simon.

Quitting Kenilworth, he joined in November John D'Eyvill and Baldewin Wake in the Isle of Axholme where the Disinherited were gathering in arms.

So fast did horse and foot flow in to him that Edward himself hurried into Lincolnshire to meet this new danger.

He saw that the old strife was just breaking out again.

The garrison of Kenilworth scoured the country; the men of the Cinque Ports, putting wives and children on board their barks, swept the Channel and harried the coasts; while Llewelyn, who had brought about the dissolution of Parliament by a raid upon Chester, butchered the forces sent against him and was master of the border.


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